In 2000, Cheddar twinned with Vernouillet, which had also been twinned with Felsberg.

There are also churches for Roman Catholic, Methodist and other denominations, including Cheddar Valley Community Church, who not only meet at The Kings of Wessex School on Sunday, but also have their own site on Tweentown for meeting during the week.

Cheddar Lawn Tennis Club, was formed in 1924, and play in the North Somerset League and also has social tennis and coaching.

Its texture is firm, with farmhouse traditional Cheddar being slightly crumbly ; it should also, if mature, contain large crystals of calcium lactate – often precipitated when matured for times longer than six months.

Cheese fries are also served in many diners in the American Southwest ; in Texas, for example, they usually include at least one variety of grated Cheddar cheese, and are commonly served with ranch dressing and, sometimes, bacon, jalapenos and chives, whereas in New Mexico, the fries are typically served with green chili and cheese, creating a dish that combines two Southwest favorites, french fries and chile con queso.

The Cheddar pink, ( Dianthus gratianopolitanus ), also known as firewitch, a type of Dianthus only grows in the wild in the gorge.

The nationally rare little robin geranium ( purpureum ), and Cheddar bedstraw ( Galium fleurotii ) and the nationally scarce species include slender tare ( Vicia tenuissima ), dwarf mouse-ear ( Cerastium pumilum ) and rock stonecrop ( Sedum forsteranum ) also occur in the gorge.

" Cougar Cheese also comes in other varieties, including American Cheddar, Smoky Cheddar, Viking, Dill Garlic, Sweet Basil, Hot Pepper and Crimson Fire.

Kraft has also introduced a brand of Kraft Macaroni and Cheese flavored crackers, as well as a line of microwaveable Kraft Macaroni and Cheese Dinner snack cups, in flavors like ' Original ', ' Spicy Szechwan ', ' Wild White Cheddar ', ' Ultimate Alfredo ' and ' Extreme Pizza '.

There are also plans to build a new Junction ( 21A ) with the A38, which would give quicker access to Cheddar and Wells.

There is also the First Milk creamery, a farmers ’ co-operative which produces Lake District Cheese, now the third best-selling Cheddar Brand in the UK.

He also portrayed a singing cowboy in a television commercial for the fast food chain Burger King, promoting their TenderCrisp Bacon Cheddar Ranch sandwich in 2005.

Major towns in the area include St Helens, St Marys, Scamander, Beaumaris, Fingal and the beautiful valley of Pyengana, which is located at the foothill of the Blue Tiers and Home to Famous Pyengana Dairy's Cloth bound Cheddar, Anchor Organics and Yum Tasmanians gourmet potatoes and Pyengana Premium Meats, also boasting the states highest water fall, St. Columba, with Halls Falls and Ralphs Falls nearby.

In the northeast United States, mincemeat pies are also a traditional part of the Thanksgiving holiday, sometimes served with a piece of Cheddar cheese.

* Mendip Forest, also known as Cheddar, Somerset

There is also a series of smaller Holly, Amy, and Carrie figures ; each of these figures arrives with a farm animal ( Holly has a dog named Doodles, Amy has a pig named Cheddar, and Carrie has a cat named Bonnett ).

There is also Cheddar Valley cider, which is cloudy with a distinctive orange, almost red, colouration.

In recent years, flavoured varieties of Smash have also been made available, including Cheddar & Onion and Buttery.

One drawback for Dunlop cheese is that its nearest direct competitor, New Cheddar cheese, being dry and hard, retains its weight while kept in stock, and is also in the condition at an earlier date to be exhibited in cuts.

Tyning is a name-element occurring commonly in north-east Somerset, England-most of all in the Bath area, though also as far as Cheddar in the south-west, and over the borders into Wiltshire and Gloucestershire.

This was the Cheddar Valley line, also known as The Strawberry Line, which ran from Yatton to Wells via Cheddar.

The village gave its name to Cheddar cheese and has been a centre for strawberry growing, with the crop being transported on the Cheddar Valley line, which closed in the late 1960s but is now a cycle path.

Cheddar, its surrounding villages and specifically the gorge has been subject to flooding.

Cheddar Fire Station has a crew of retained firefighters

Cheddar is twinned with Felsberg, Germany and Vernouillet, France, and it has an active programme of exchange visits.

Cheddar Gorge, including Cox's Cave, Gough's Cave and other attractions, has become a tourist destination, attracting about 500, 000 visitors per year.

Along with the rest of South West England, Cheddar has a temperate climate which is generally wetter and milder than the rest of the country.

Cheddar has a number of active service clubs including Cheddar Vale Lions Club, Mendip Rotary and Mendip Inner Wheel Club.

Cheddar has three schools belonging to the Cheddar Valley Group of Schools, twelve schools that provide Cheddar Valley's three-tier education system.

Cheddar First School has ten classes for children between 4 and 9 years.

The name " Cheddar cheese " is widely used and has no Protected Designation of Origin ( PDO ) within the European Union, but only Cheddar produced from local milk within four counties of South West England may use the name " West Country Farmhouse Cheddar.

Cheddar has been produced since at least the 12th century.

For his technical developments, promotion of dairy hygiene and unremunerated propagation of modern cheese-making techniques he has been described as the father of Cheddar cheese.

The Slow Food Movement has created a Cheddar Presidium, claiming that only three cheeses should be called " Cheddar ".

The name " Cheddar " is not protected by the European Union, though the name " West Country Farmhouse Cheddar " has an EU Protected Designation of Origin, and may only be produced in Somerset, Devon, Dorset, and Cornwall, using milk sourced from those counties.

Cheddar that has not been coloured is frequently labelled as " white Cheddar " or " Vermont Cheddar ," regardless of whether it was produced in the state of Vermont.

" He then puts on a Stetson, and the sketch segues into Hugh Walpole's Rogue Cheddar and a link to the Sam Peckinpah's " Salad Days " sketch.

It is now a major tourist destination with several cultural and community facilities, including the Cheddar Show Caves Museum.

Tourism of the Cheddar gorge and caves began with the opening of the Cheddar Valley Railway in 1869.

Initially, Cheddar twinned with Felsberg in 1984.

The reservoir is supplied with water taken from the Cheddar Yeo, which rises in Gough's Cave in Cheddar Gorge and is a tributary of the River Axe.

Musician Jack Bessant, the bass guitarist with the band Reef grew up on his parents ' strawberry farm, and Matt Goss and Luke Goss, former members of Bros, lived in Cheddar for nine months as children.

As with other hard cheese varieties produced worldwide, caves provide an ideal environment for maturing cheese ; still, today, some Cheddar cheese is matured in the caves at Wookey Hole and Cheddar Gorge.

The ideal quality of the original Somerset Cheddar was described by Joseph Harding in 1864 as " close and firm in texture, yet mellow in character or quality ; it is rich with a tendency to melt in the mouth, the flavour full and fine, approaching to that of a hazelnut ".

Their specifications, which go further than the West Country farmhouse Cheddar Protected Designation of Origin ( PDO ), require that Cheddar cheese be made in Somerset and with traditional methods, such as using raw milk, traditional animal rennet, and a cloth wrapping.

Notable Cheddar cheeses include " Quickes ", which in 2009 was awarded cheese of the year by the British Cheese Association, " Keen's ", with a strong tang, " Montgomery's ", with an apple aftertaste.

Kettle Foods Ltd's range of thick-cut crunchy crisps include gourmet flavors: Mexican Limes with a hint of Chilli, Salsa with Mesquite, Buffalo Mozzarella Tomato and Basil, Mature Cheddar with Adnams Broadside Beer, Soulmate Cheeses and Onion, and other previously listed flavors.